Obituaries

Rose Leah (Suttman) Russell, age 93, died September 12, 2018. She graduated from Miamisburg High School in 1943. The war was going badly, and the Army was desperate for nurses. Rose Leah signed up in the U.S. Army Cadet Nurse Corps.

David Leon Wasson, 74, of Panama City, passed away on Sunday, September 9, 2018 in his home. He was born July 23, 1944 in Panama City to Donald and Inez Gray Wasson. He was retired from Aramco Oil Company.

After a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, Benjamin Richard (Ben) Persons, 91, of Rochester, passed away on September 3, 2018, surrounded by his family and loved ones. Ben was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on January 6, 1927, to Benjamin and Catherine (Colbert) Persons, the third of four children.

Our dear Tawhida "Sophie" Parnoutsoukian, 78, passed away peacefully in her sleep on August 27th, 2018 from congestive heart failure. Sophie was born on December 7th, 1939 in Assiut, Egypt to Wilson and Liza Tadros.

Frederick Leopold Haack died quietly at home in New Orleans on August 25, 2018 at age 98. A true representative of the Greatest Generation, he was born in New York City on July 25, 1920 and, prior to America's entry into World War II, attended the University of Wyoming.

Born June 19, 1926, in New Roads. After graduating from Poydras High School, he joined the Navy and served at the Naval Air Station, Pearl Harbor, and aboard the USS GUAM (CB-2) during World War II. He was a graduate of LSU with a degree in mechanical engineering.

Bill Quinn, 89 of Vidor died Saturday, August 11, 2018 at Harbor Hospice House in Beaumont, TX. A native of Beaumont, he was a longtime resident of Vidor. Bill served his country in the U.S. Navy during WWII as a member of the Asiatic - Pacific Fleet.

A service was held on Friday, July 27, 2018, for Jeffrey Eugene Jones, at the Islamic Community Greater Killeen Mosque in Killeen, Texas. Burial followed the service at Magbarah Cemetery of Central Texas, Temple, TX.